ADVANCED ADVENTURER (COMPLETE COURSE)

This program allows you to experience five different open water dives from five SSI Specialty programs without requiring you to complete the entire Specialty. If you are unsure of your next step, this is the perfect way to advance your dive skills and experience, and to identify which Specialty programs interest you. You will earn the SSI Advanced Adventurer certification after completing this program.

Attention: The Advanced Adventurer certification is not counted towards the AOWD Recognition. To achieve one or more specialty certification(s) for the AOWD, you may decide to complete one or more of these specialties. Your dives from the Advanced Adventurer course will of course be counted.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 10; 12 if Deep Diving dive is included
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
  • Academic Sessions: Online learning
  • Confined Water Sessions: Not more than 5
  • Open Water Dives:Not more than 5
  • Maximum Training Depth: Varies, Max depth is 30m if Deep Diving dive is included.

Price: Euro 290

SSI SPECIALTIES

PERFECT BUOYANCY SPECIALTY

Do you want to increase your buoyancy control, minimize your breathing gas consumption, or move effortlessly above the ocean floor? The SSI Perfect Buoyancy program teaches you the skills and techniques needed to maximize your dive experience, increase your comfort in the water, and get the most from your equipment. You will earn the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 10
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
  • Academic Sessions: Online Learning
  • Water Sessions: 2
  • Open Water Dives: Optional
  • Maximum Training Depth: Optional

Price: Euro 180

NAVIGATION SPECIALTY

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably navigate underwater during a dive. You will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, basic navigation patterns and how to leave and return to a designated point. You will earn the SSI Navigation Specialty certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 10
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
  • Academic Sessions: Online Learning
  • Water Sessions: Optional
  • Open Water Dives: 2
  • Maximum Training Depth: Varies with age

Price: Euro 180

DEEP DIVING SPECIALTY

Many exciting dive sites are located in deeper water. Without proper training, this kind of diving puts you at risk. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will give you the ability to safely and comfortably plan and conduct dives beyond 18 meters, and is a prerequisite for some advanced training. You will earn the SSI Deep Diving Specialty certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 15
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
  • Academic Sessions: 1
  • Water Sessions: Optional
  • Open Water Dives: 3
  • Maximum Training Depth: 40 meters

Price: Euro 230

NIGHT DIVING AND LIMITED VISIBILITY SPECIALTY

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably dive at night or in limited visibility conditions. Some of the ocean’s most amazing creatures only come out at night, so your dive doesn’t have to end when the sun goes down. You will learn how to enter and exit the water, use specialized equipment, and how to communicate and dive with a buddy at night or in limited visibility. You will earn the SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility Specialty certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 10
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
  • Academic Sessions: Online Learning
  • Water Sessions: Optional
  • Open Water Dives: 2
  • Maximum Training Depth: Varies by age

Price: Euro 180

ENRICHED AIR NITROX SPECIALTY

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Diving with enriched air can increase your no-decompression limits, increase your safety, and reduce the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air. You will earn the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 10
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver if in-water training is included
  • Academic Sessions: Online Learning
  • Water Sessions: Optional
  • Open Water Dives: Optional
  • Maximum Training Depth: Optional

Price: Euro 180

SCOOTER | DPV DIVING SPECIALTY

This program is unique to the Scooter/DPV and provides you with skills and concepts required to safely plan and conduct dives using underwater scooters or diver propulsion vehicles (DPVs). You will learn the special precautions for using DPVs, how to maintain buddy contact and control your equipment, and how to safely enjoy the new experiences that a DPV dive provides. You will earn the SSI DPV Diving Specialty certification after completing this program. 

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 16
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
  • Academic Sessions: 1
  • Water Sessions: 1 Optional
  • Open Water Dives: 2
  • Maximum Training Depth: Varies by age

Price: Euro 180

SEARCH & RECOVERY SPECIALTY

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely plan and conduct search and recovery dives. You will learn about search patterns, specialized dive plans, underwater communication, and how to recover small to medium-sized objects using specialized equipment like lift bags. You will earn the SSI Search and Recovery Specialty certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 12
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
  • Academic Sessions: Online Learning
  • Water Sessions: Optional
  • Open Water Dives: 1 mandatory before open water dive
  • Maximum Training Depth: Varies by age

Price: Euro 180

DIVE GUIDE SPECIALTY

This program gives you the skills and experience required to safely lead groups of certified divers, and is the first step towards an exciting career as an SSI Professional without requiring you to complete an instructor program. Professional Dive Guides can work for SSI Training Centers, guiding dives in a variety of environments and conditions. You will earn the SSI Dive Guide certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 15/18 if active status
  • Certification Prerequisites: Diver Stress & Rescue certification, 40 logged Dives, certification or equivalent experience: Navigation, Night & Limited Visibility, Deep Diving
  • Academic Sessions: Varies
  • Water Sessions: Varies
  • Open Water Dives: 10 or at least 50 total
  • Maximum Training Depth: 40 meters

Price: UPON REQUEST

DIVER STRESS & RESCUE SPECIALTY

Stress is a major cause of diving accidents and negatively impacts rescue situations. This program teaches you the skills and knowledge required to recognize and deal with stress, prevent accidents and properly deal with emergency situations encountered by divers. You will earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 12
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver, Students must have proof of current training within two (2) years of First Aid and CPR
  • Academic Sessions: 2
  • Water Sessions: 2 (+1 Optional)
  • Open Water Dives: 3
  • Maximum Training Depth: 30 meters

Price: Euro 330

REACT RIGHT SPECIALTY

React Right is SSI’s emergency training program, consisting of the following basic components: Primary Assessment, First Aid & CPR Skills, Primary Stabilization Techniques, and includes two optional components: Oxygen Administration in Diving Emergencies and Automated External Defibrilation Basics. Students who complete this program earn the SSI React Right specialty certification.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 12
  • Certification Prerequisites: None
  • Maximum Training Depth: Knowledge Program

Price: Euro 150

SCIENCE OF DIVING SPECIALTY

This program provides an in-depth and detailed study of physics, physiology, decompression theory, the aquatic environment and diving equipment. It is required training for most SSI Dive Professional programs, as well as some Extended Range programs. You will earn the SSI Science of Diving Specialty certification after completing this program.

FACTS

  • Minimum Age: 10
  • Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver if in-water training is included
  • Academic Sessions: Online Learning
  • Water Sessions: Optional
  • Open Water Dives: Optional
  • Maximum Training Depth: Optional
  • Specialized Equipment: Knowledge Program

Price: Euro 180